Originally Posted by
Rodney
I've heard of lithium grease drying up and turning hard....
Rodney
Not only to you Rodney, but everyone else too, do you know at what point did the old grease dry up? What was the age of the lithium (or other) grease that dried up and turned hard? And at what point did it stop lubricating?
I use Tri-flow Grease, only because I have it, and I add it in on top of the existing grease, against the gears where the old grease has formed a cavity. I don’t clean the old grease out when I add the Tri-flow. The existing grease that looks dormant simply reduces the volume of new grease that needs to be added in contact with the gears, and what if the Tri-flow grease turns out to be less of a lubricant than we think? The vintage grease won’t mix with the Tri-flow grease, but is that ok? What is it going to hurt that the majority of the cavity is filled with vintage grease, as long as the new fresh grease is making contact with the gears?
CD in Oklahoma